ZF is the first transmission manufacturer worldwide to develop a modern passenger car automatic transmission with 9 gears. It has been designed for vehicles with transverse engines and front or four-wheel drive and can thus be installed in 75 percent of all cars produced worldwide. This means that the transmission not only replaces the current […]
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Gasoline engines fuelling In Spark Ignition engines, a homogeneous and combustible air/fuel mixture must be formed before the start of combustion. The simplest way to achieve such a result is by means of a carburetor, where the intaken air passes through a Venturi throat, which is connected to a fuel reservoir. The highest the air
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The LS7 7.0L V-8 powers the all-new 2014 Camaro Z/28. It’s matched with a TREMEC TR6060 six-speed manual transmission with unique gearing tailored to the LS7’s performance characteristics for optimal track performance. The Z/28 engine is adapted from the LS7 used in the C6 Corvette Z06, which was developed in conjunction with Corvette Racing. It
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Audi’s Active Lane Assist is a system intended to help the driver stay within the intended lane of travel. At speeds above 65km/h, a camera mounted by the rear view mirror at the top of the windscreen detects lane marking ahead of the vehicle. Information from the camera is combined with data about the car’s
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OBD definition “On Board Diagnostic” is a comprehensive electronic system, which detects exhaust emission related failures in passenger vehicles, light duty trucks and since some years also in heavy duty vehicles, which run on combustion engines. These types of engines produce toxic exhaust emissions like HC, CO, NOx and soot. The amount of these emissions
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